First performed at the Queen's Theatre, London, on 24th October 1908.

Dramatis Personæ

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ACT I   -   The Old Mill in the Bois D'Amour, Pont Aven.

• No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "In the golden days of early spring when the hedgerows start a-blossoming..."
• No. 2 - Octet - Peasant Girls and Artists - "Although you've tried your feelings to hide, you let the simplest felow see..."
• No. 3 - Song - Madame Poquelin and Girls - "On the border of the wood this old tree has proudly stood for ages past..."
• No. 4 - Chorus of Daffodil Girls - "From the meadows green with our baskets laden, fill'd with nodding daffodils..."
• No. 5 - Song - Babette and Chorus - "Ev'ry country, ev'ry clime, whether east or west, has its own particular time..."
• No. 6 - Song - Raymond and Chorus of Men - "Oh, marriage I'm afraid is a very selfish state..."
• No. 7 - Chorus and Entrance of Marquis - "We're all in a fluster, we're all in a flurry..."
• No. 8 - Duet - Babette and Raymond - "When a maiden goes to market with a basket on her arm..."
• No. 9 - Song - Toinette and Chorus - "When Monsieur le Marquis wakes up each morning early, he rings the bell for me..."
• No. 10 - Chorus of Welcome - "The hero proudly comes, so chase your pensive mood away..."
• No. 11 - Song - Baptiste and Chorus - "As the chef of a swell Parisian hotel, I have studied the human inside..."
• No. 12 - Duet - Baptiste and Toinette - "A Nanny-goat and a Billy-goat frolicked in a field together..."
• No. 13 - Song - Marquis - "If Love's golden flame you would kindle in a heart that is colder that clay..."
• No. 14 - Song - Babette and Chorus - "The chimes from the old church steeple ring out o'er the fields afar..."
• No. 15 - Finale Act I - "With joyous peal and merry, the wedding bells are ringing..."

ACT II   -   The Château St. Gautier.

• No. 16 - Chorus of Girls, Peasants and Artists - "Wreathe the golden flow'r of promise, decorate the spacious hall..."
• No. 17 - Song - Toinette and Chorus - "A dear little Breton maid once lived on a dairy farm..."
• No. 18 - Quintet - Monsieur and Mme. Poquelin, Marquis, Denise and Victoire - "O what a treat for humble folk..."
• No. 19 - Concerted Number - "Over the roads of Loverland, Cupid drives a four-in-hand, looking out for passengers to carry..."
• No. 20 - Song - Raymond and Chorus - "Since the days when beauteous Helen dwelt in the halls of ancient Troy..."
• No. 21 - Song - Denise and Chorus of Girls - "When first a little country mouse leaves friends and relations..."
• No. 22 - Song - Baptiste and Chorus of Cooks - "When children scream and quarrel, as only children can..."
• No. 23 - Song - Babette - "With careless tread, a maiden takes her path a-down youth's rosy way..."
• No. 24 - Country Dance
• No. 25 - Duet - Toinette and Baptiste - "I've had enough of Paris, so I think that you and I just out of town will settle down..."
• No. 26 - Duet - Marquis and Mme. Poquelin - "Fair lady, be not deaf to my persuasion, for I am of a sentimental stamp..."
• No. 27 - Duet - Raymond and Babette - "When you're my little wife, Babette, for the rest of our life, Babette..."
• No. 28 - Finale Act II - "It's daffodil time in Brittany, in Brittany, in Brittany.  Blossoms unfold in green and gold..."

Supplementary Numbers.

• No. 29 - Song - Toinette and Artists - "I'm very fond of pictures, both modern ones and old..."
• No. 30 - Song - Babette - "When a maiden realizes that it is her wedding day..."

Items 3, 7, 8, 14 and 27 were composed by Marie Horne.

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Maud Darrell as Toinette and
George Graves as the Marquis.

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